Student Alumni

Joshua Velazquez is one of three Honorable Mentions for the 2019 Student of the Year award.

Rylan Mamola is one of the three honorable mentions for 2019 Student of the Year.

Each year, NatureBridge honors a student who has demonstrated leadership, growth and a commitment to protecting our natural world as a result of a NatureBridge program. This year, we are thrilled to celebrate Kinzie Klein for her remarkable spirit and courage. Despite her Cystic Fibrosis, Kinzie never hesitated to take on a challenge in Yosemite National Park.

The NatureBridge Educator Development Program (EDP) provided Marley with a platform to combine her love of adventure with her passion for increasing access to the outdoors. Today, the Golden Gate educator spends her days in the Marin Headlands, sharing her zest for the natural world, knowledge of the environment and commitment to diversity with NatureBridge students.

Growing up in downtown LA and Pasadena, Siara Edwards didn’t experience much diversity in the outdoor environments she visited. The nature she discovered in Olympic—forested, green and dewey—was unlike anything she had ever seen.

Each year, NatureBridge honors a student who has demonstrated leadership, growth, and a commitment to protecting our natural world as a result of a NatureBridge program. We are elated to announce our 2018 Student of the Year, high school senior Marisa Granados.

13-year-old Eleanor, a student of Ocean Shore School, shares her NatureBridge Yosemite experience. 

A student's experience being an Alcoa Scholar in Yosemite National Park.